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The annual "4/20 Smokeout" event on CU-Boulder's campus has drawn as many as 10,000 pot smokers on past years. University officials and goody-two-shoes student government tools say their precious little "reputations" are being hurt.

Inserting a bunch of cops into a heretofore peaceful, uneventful cannabis protest -- yeah, that's the ticket! Marijuana smokers at this month's 4/20 smoke-in on the University of Colorado's Boulder campus will be ticketed, the university announced on Tuesday. School officials urged students and the general public not to attend the "unsanctioned" event on April 20.

Appallingly enough, even members of the student government have joined in the university administration's vendetta against the peaceful cannabis-oriented event, their eyes focused greedily on the eventual corporate jobs they've been promised (but probably won't ever get).

"Leaders in the CU Student Government have joined the administration in taking new steps this year to end 4/20 on the CU-Boulder campus," said CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano, reports the Daily Camera. "This imposition on our campus significantly disrupts the university's operations -- including teaching, learning and research.

UC-Boulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano's ass hurts, even though he gets paid $389,000 a year for basically doing nothing except bitching about pot smokers

Chancellor DiStefano -- who got a $49,000 raise, to $389,000 a year, after last year's 9.3 percent tuition hike was placed on the backs of his students -- thinks a little pot smoking on campus "taints the reputation" of his hallowed university, although it seems he's already done a pretty good job of that, himself.

"It threatens the health and safety of our employees, imposes logistical challenges and expenses, and unfairly taints the reputation of CU-Boulder and the dedicated faculty, staff, students and alumni who are a part of this great institution," DiStefano claimed. "It needs to end."

Toke of the Town was unable to confirm at press time that DiStefano's ass also hurts.

CU student leaders also announced that rapper Wyclef Jean will headline a free, students-only concert at CU's Coors Events Center on the same afternoon, April 20.

"We are asking students to support us in the effort to protect the reputation of our institution -- and do it by attending a great free concert," said Carly "Goody Two-Shoes" Robinson, CU Student Government vice president for internal affairs.

Screw "protecting" CU-Boulder's "reputation" -- that horse already left the damned barn years ago. CU-Boulder's a party school, and it always will be.

Brooks "Doesn't Get Any" Kanski, student government vice president for external affairs: "4/20 damages the reputation of the university and of every student enrolled here"

But why, exactly, a nominally cool artist like Wyclef Jean would choose to sully his own reputation by getting involved with a bunch uptighty-whitey university administrators and Future Republicans is anybody's guess.

"4/20 damages the reputation of the university and of every student enrolled here," claimed CUSG Vice President for External Affairs Brooks "Doesn't Get Any" Kanski. "Do any search online of CU-Boulder and what will invariably pop up is an image or video of 4/20.

"Questions about 4/20 plague CU graduates in job interviews," Kanski claimed. "It's time for all of this to end." Hey Brooks, does that mean you're going to stop fucking whining about it?

Marijuana smokers ticketed at the 4/20 event will face a $100 fine and revocation of medical marijuana registry card upon conviction. CU-Boulder students who receive tickets will face additional punishment from CU's Office of Student Conduct, university officials said. Could this be that dreaded "black mark" on your "Permanent Record"? Remember, you're supposed to be concerned about this bullshit.

School officials, in a lame press release, "reminded" students that the federal Clery Act "requires that the university maintain a publicly accessible crime log." What this means, CU-Boulder's press release threatens, is this:

"Those ticketed or arrested for violating CU rules and state or local laws will have their names posted on the CU-Boulder police website's daly crime log, which could affect their employment futures" (emphasis added).

CU police have in the past ticketed only a small number of people at the annual 4/20 gatherings. The event has in the past attracted as many as 10,000 pot smokers to campus.

Those attending should be aware that the Colorado State Patrol will conduct enhanced patrols on U.S. 36, Colorado 93, the Diagnonal Highway and other highways throughout the day, looking for drivers under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.

Additionally, the Colorado Department of Revenue's Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division will have a team of officers deployed on campus and throughout Boulder to "monitor medical marijuana centers" and "ensure compliance with licensing regulations."

Sounds as if they're attempting to cast suspicion on area dispensaries of selling to non-patients -- and, of course, they're almost certainly full of shit.

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a college campus, where kids are PAYING to gain an education is NO place for pot smoking idiots! This is a federal offense. WHAT ARE WE TEACHING OUR KIDS, by allowing them to break FEDERAL law. Stay away from the kids, from those who are trying to better their lives, not toke them away! GO CU, you made the right decision.Oh and yeah, they don't allow underage drinking on campus, and those that do, don't insist that everyone do what they do and disregard the law in respects to underage drinking. If they get caught they know there will be circumstances. It's not shoved down everyones throat to agree with the law breakers! WTF!

Two things:1) With all the LE resources tied up at the event, looking to bust drivers under the influence or narcing in the dispensaries it sounds like a fantastic time for home burglaries, maybe knock over a few 7-11's, who knows, maybe even California's famed Geezer Bandit will stop by.

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B) Spring time in Boulder is really nice. How about a Million People Pot Party? Let's all go!

CU's administration continues to squander students' tuition and taxpayers' subsidy on a completely unnecessary and heavy-handed crusade against the 4/20 rally. These fascists have already done more damage to CU's reputation than all its many alcohol scandals combined, but the intelligence that the school will work with the CSP to target drivers should give any remaining civil libertarians among its faculty pause and motivate a general strike on campus. DiStefano's irrational obsession threatens the wellbeing and reputation of CU and his salary is absurdly excessive -- he should be removed immediately! As for Brooks Kanski's contemptible remarks, if people get the government they deserve, students at CU must have been very bad indeed (probably binge-drinking) to get such tools as comprise its present student government. DiStefano's total misdirection of the university's efforts and the ridicule to which his conduct has subjected CU, his irrational fixation on cannabis when the abuse of alcohol at CU has caused infinitely more problems, and Brooks' parroted concern are yet more proof that cannabis causes those who do not use it to become insane, or that the issue somehow so warps people's perceptions that they find behavior such as the Chancellor's acceptable.

I enjoyed the 4/20 celebrations in Boulder for a while. You wouldn't find that peaceful of a celebration with such a density of people if they were drinking. It seems like the authorities are looking to agitate and get a negative response.

Ok, what the unfortunate ones who get ticked should do is plead not guilty and force a trial for every single person cited for smoking weed. If 10,000 tickets are written, or even 5,000 and everyone pleads not guilty that will jam the shit out of the small Boulder Criminal Justice System. They will be so inundated with work it will cost them 100's of thousands of dollars to do this. The system would back log to an extent they have never seen. Then let's see if they do it again next year.

Free samples of mans war on vegetation. Plan on being in the middle of it and paying a unfortunate price.,none of it makes sense until we let this become legal for the benefit of man kind. And the beat goes on for the best wayto do this I hope early 2012 . Thank you free speech.

Every single student that goes to that rally needs to bring dozens of "joints" rolled out of leaves, paper, incense, whatever. Light them up, bring 'em up to your lips and pretend to smoke it. Wait until a cop is nearby first, and make sure to be downwind of him so he thinks is cannabis. Waste the cops' time as much as possible.

Light up a joint in a crowd along with dozens of non-cannabis-"joints" and as the cop smells the real stuff, pass it out of the crowd and have the phony "joints" being passed around. Force the cops to have to identify every "illegal" joint amongst dozens of "legal" joints that all look the same.

Cops' time is what we need to waste here - figure out how to lure them over to you and engage them in conversation without giving them a way to bust you.

How about making some real cannabis incense? Grind up cannabis leaves very fine, mix with something burnable and sticky and non-toxic (??), wrap it around little sticks like incense and light 'em up. Confuse the holy hell out of the cops - get them running back and forth between decoys so you can enjoy the real thing somewhere else.

They'll react to the smell of burning weed so burn some - just don't inhale it so they can't accuse you of using it in public. There are ways to use their laws against them - find out how and throw some wrenches in their plans.

Amazing the over-the-top insanity of people who claim to be educated and rational. I wonder if they have enough ticket books to write 10,000 tickets. The revolt is on and you can bet this threat will draw even more because of their actions. And a fucking dragnet to boot. Talk about totaltarian Police State shit.

I am always amazed at the lack of talent in the currentmedia--especially online. Regardless of where you stand on this issue (and Ilean toward the protesters) this article shows the author as someone who cannotresist name calling and school yard taunts. It makes it hard for me to taketheir point seriously, even though I think students have the liberty toprotest as they choose (awarded to us by the First Amendment). It is too badpeople who report these things don't strive to be more professional, andperhaps classier, even if it is a relatively inane subject, compared to the other issues oursociety.

It's not about the "medicine" - 4/20 has been going on long before this current medicinal nightmare in Colorado, and Boulder specifically. It always has been about civil disobedience for all pot smokers, not just medicinal ones.

Cops have access to the internet from various IP addresses and they work in teams like the military, so actually I'm surprised their isn't more likes to his comment, unless he isn't very well like and respected amongst his peers in the police force, as he tends to be very childish and silly.

You really have anger issues that need mental health attention. You're only on here in some lame attempt to disrupt or in your small mind, ridicule people who know the truth about cannabis. From experience. Your verbal flatulence kinda stinks up the place so please get the psychological help you need. There may even be a 12 Step Program for you Reefer Madness sufferers.

Keep logging them Steve, then file a complaint of stalking and harassment. A few screenshots helps too so they don't have to scroll through all the articles that they pollute with their libel and slander. Even if they are using a proxy, they still can be traced unless they are really good. You could probably ping their address and get a quick trace "tracert" without the quotes from the cmd prompt!!!!! .